A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c21.7

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The Bhāvaprakāsa written about 1500 A. D. prescribes calomel in the treatment of *Phirangaroga* (lit. the disease of the Portuguese i. e. syphilis) and gives the following recipe: "Take of purified mercury, *gairika* (red-ochre), brick-dust, chalk, alum, rock-salt, earth from ant-hill, *kshāri lavana* (impure sulphate of soda) and *bhāndaranjika* or red earth used in colouring pots in equal parts, rub together and strain through cloth. Place the mix-